Monthly Archives: January 2013

Barbara Fields’ essay titled “Ideology and Race in American History” seeks to completely delegitimize race’s status in American history as anything other than an ideological construct. Though it is increasingly common (at least in our academic circles) to acknowledge the … Continue reading →

Alexander Keyssar, The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States, rev. ed. (New York: Basic Books, 2009) The introduction of Beyond the Founders: New Approaches to the Political History of the Early American Republic notes … Continue reading →

Hi! Though I focus primarily on twentieth century US history, I am really looking forward to taking this seminar in nineteenth century America. I first created this blog for Caleb’s cultural history research seminar last spring. I ended up writing … Continue reading →